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Page 1: 2017 UC COROucop.edu/human-resources/coro/2017_forms/2017-UC-CORO... · 2020. 7. 2. · KATYA ARMISTEAD Dean of Student Life UC Santa Barbara. 2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

2017 UC-CORO

Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Participant Biographies

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KATYA ARMISTEAD

Dean of Student Life

UC Santa Barbara

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Katya Armistead is the Dean of Student Life at UC Santa Barbara.

She has worked on campus for 26 years, with the first 17 in the Office

of Admissions. As the dean of student life she oversees the major and

minor events committees, works closely with the Office of Student Life

advising registered campus organizations, working with fraternities

and sororities, and leading leadership workshops, and is the control

point for the Multicultural Center. She teaches a leadership course in

the Girvertz Graduate School of Education with other student life

colleagues, is the main responder for campus protests and

demonstrations, and works on special projects, especially around campus climate and diversity.

Katya is an alum from UCSB having earned her bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1988 and her

doctorate degree in Educational Leadership in 2012. She is a member of the Vice Chancellor of

Student Affairs’ executive committee and a member of the Chancellor’s Senior Officers’ group.

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KRISTIN BALDER-FROID

Head of Strategic Development

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

As the Head of Strategic Development at Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), KRISTIN BALDER-FROID develops

collaborative R&D initiatives for Berkeley Lab’s science and

technology missions. With a focus on strategic partnering, Kristin

advances innovative programs that promote the lab’s growth and

extend its impact.

Kristin began her career at Berkeley Lab in nuclear science and the

office of Laboratory Director-at-Large, Nobel Laureate Glenn T.

Seaborg. She was a founding member and Deputy Division Director

for Strategic Planning and Development of the lab’s Physical Biosciences Division, which launched

the world’s first synthetic biology department. Kristin managed the winning development team for the

U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), whose large-scale, integrated research

model broadly inspired the DOE’s Energy Innovation Hubs. Kristin was a key contributor to two DOE

hubs and has been instrumental in the success of multiple programs and research resources serving

the lab’s science divisions and national user facilities. Under her management, Berkeley Lab has led

the national laboratory system in awards for the prestigious DOE Early Career Research Program.

Recently, Kristin has focused on novel approaches to public and private sector alliances and

enterprise-level tools for research, program and business development. Prior to joining Berkeley Lab,

Kristin managed the Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA at U.C. Santa Cruz, where she earned

her degree.

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ROSEANNA BARRON

Senior Executive Director, Finance

and Administration

UC Merced

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Roseanna Barrón is the Chief of Staff and Executive Director of

Finance and Administration in the School of Engineering at the

University of California, Merced. Prior to working at UCM, she worked

at the University of California, Riverside for more than 25 years where

she held positions in management and organizational leadership overseeing a wide variety of units

from student services to a thriving research cooperative. She led multiple academic departments

within the Colleges of Engineering, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and the School of

Education.

Roseanna is a native of Southern California. She studied history at Loyola Marymount

University. She has a wonderful loving family. Her daughter covers Congress for The Huffington

Post in Washington, D.C., and her husband is a firearms and ballistics expert. Her success would not

have been possible without their support, and that of her parents.

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MARIANNE BECKETT

Director, Academic Employee Relations

& Faculty Development

UC Irvine

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Marianne Liu Beckett is currently the Director of Academic Employee

Relations and Faculty Relations. In this role, she serves leaders at

the UC Irvine campus and within the UC system as an advisor on

academic employee and labor relations matters. She has been a

member of various UC system-wide labor negotiation teams and most

recently served on one of the President’s advisory workgroups for

implementing the Presidential Policy on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence. In addition, she

coordinates campus-wide academic personnel initiatives, provides academic policy training to

campus constituents, and ensures policy compliance. She is also responsible for the development of

academic personnel training programs for academic department chairs and new faculty cohorts at

UC Irvine.

Ms. Beckett earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Actuarial Science from the University

of Texas in Austin. Prior to joining UC Irvine in 2011, Ms. Beckett developed an expertise in

academic human resources, including nine years at UC Riverside and seven years at Fuller

Seminary in Pasadena, California, where she earned a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies with an

emphasis on leadership and mentoring.

In her spare time, Ms. Beckett enjoys gourmet cooking and working in her community as the

announcer and meet coordinator for her community’s summer swim team as well as a parent

volunteer on her son’s various sport teams.

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2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

BRYNA BOCK

Human Resources Director

UC Office of the President

Bryna Bock has over 25 years of human resources management and senior administrative experience with mature (55 to 125+ year), California-based institutions that have international reach, across the private, non-profit and public/higher education sectors, including the international law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. She was also a university and college instructor of courses in interpersonal communication, public speaking, and small group communication, at California State University, Long Beach and Long Beach City College.

She is currently Director of Human Resources for staff and academic personnel with the University of California Education Abroad Program. UCEAP is the University of California’s system wide study abroad program with a mission of inspiring students, through international academic experiences, to explore and transform their lives, UC and the world. UCEAP has over 150 staff, faculty, and affiliates worldwide, and offers abroad programs in over 40 countries at over 120 universities and institutions across the globe. UCEAP annually serves over 5,600 students from all 10 UC campuses and hosts almost 1,500 hundred reciprocal exchange students from 30 countries.

In her current role, she provides leadership for organizational development, fiscal and strategic planning, staffing, talent management, compliance and employment risk management, with oversight for operations and administrative services. As a member of UCEAP’s Advisory Council, she has been actively involved in strategic planning for the organization, including participation in the development of the UCOP-UCSB administrative partnership agreement for UCEAP in 2011.

Ms. Bock holds an MA in Communication Studies, Human Information Systems, with an emphasis on intercultural communication, and a BA in Communication Studies, Rhetorical Studies, from California State University, Long Beach. She holds several UC certifications—Business Officers Institute, Management Development Program, Gaucho Mentorship Program, Crucial Conversations, UCSB HR Academy—along with a Mental Health First Aid USA certificate from NCBH, and the professional credentials of SPHR (Senior Professional Human Resources), GPHR (Global Professional Human Resources), SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Human Resources Professional).

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DELANDA BUCHANAN

Executive Director of Business & Finance

UC Davis

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

A highly motivated Business & Financial leader with over 25 years of

professional experience working with large, complex organizations both in

the corporate and university environments. My collaborative leadership style

coupled with extensive knowledge of both university accounting and

business operations is a unique blend ideally aligned with the key success

factors, goals, initiatives, and the vision of the University.

As a native of California, I am a graduate of the Haas School of Business at

UC Berkeley where I obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with an

emphasis in Finance. Upon completion of my undergraduate studies, I was recruited by Australia’s largest

company at the time, BHP Minerals International, Incorporated. During my tenure with BHP Minerals, I held a

host of progressively responsible management positions and acquired extensive knowledge in the areas of

budget and forecasting, accounting & financial management, strategic planning, and organizational

management. My tenure with BHP Minerals included a three (3) year out-of-state assignment to New Mexico

where I obtained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)– International Business.

In March 2000, I joined UC Davis as Division Manager – Accounting & Financial Services where I have served

the UC Davis community and its various stakeholders for over sixteen (16) years. Currently, I serve as the

Executive Director of Business & Finance for the Office of Research at UC Davis. In my current role, I am

responsible for the financial management and strategic oversight for the Office of Research as a whole. This

includes financial oversight of approximately 20 Organized Research Units, Core Facilities, and Special

Research Projects with an annual operating budget of ~$110 Million. It also includes the day-to-day

management and financial oversight for approximately 17 Vice Chancellor Administrative Units with an annual

operating budget of approximately $25 Million including Sponsored Programs, Innovation Access, and IT

Services. In addition, I am responsible for the financial management of the campus-wide Animal and Use

Program for UC Davis.

As an inspiring leader, I have been honored by the nominations to attend various, prestigious leadership

programs over my career. Such leadership program includes the Global Leadership Conference in

Melbourne, Australia and the UC Executive Leadership and Management Institute at Stanford University.

In addition to my professional services, I enjoy volunteering and assisting in underrepresented communities

addressing various social-economic issues such as poverty, education, and homelessness. In my leisure

time, I enjoy travel, church, and family.

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ALLISON CANTWELL

Assistant Vice Chancellor

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Allison Cantwell serves as Assistant Vice Chancellor of Institutional

Research at UC Riverside. Institutional Research is responsible for

providing the official statistics of the campus to campus leadership,

stakeholders, and the public. Her office collaborates with a variety of

academic departments and offices to provide insightful data analysis toward student success efforts

on and off campus. Allison serves as UC Riverside’s Data Lead for the University Innovation

Alliance, a coalition of 11 public research universities nationwide that strives to promote student

success for low-income and first generation student populations. She is co-chair of the data

committee for the Growing Inland Achievement initiative which seeks to increase college

preparedness, college completion, and career preparation for students in Riverside and San

Bernardino Counties.

Allison is a Chicagoland native and is one of the few Midwestern transplants the misses the snow.

She received her B.F.A. in Graphic Design and B.S. in Sociology from Iowa State University. Allison

joined the UC family as a graduate student and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from UC

Riverside in 2011 where her research focused on the undergraduate student experience, student

success, and social psychology. Since then, Allison has served multiple roles across the UC, starting

as Director of Evaluation, Assessment and Institutional Research in the Office of Undergraduate

Education at UC Riverside. Later, she became an Assessment Coordinator at UC Davis before

moving into an Institutional Research Analyst role at UC Office of the President. Allison rejoined UC

Riverside in November of 2015 as Assistant Vice Chancellor of Institutional Research.

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KAITLIN CHELL

Director of Federal Relations

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Kaitlin Chell has been the Director of Federal Relations at the

University of California, Riverside, since March 2014. On behalf of the

UCR campus, she advocates for higher education and research

priorities in Congress and with federal agencies. She has successfully

worked with the Inland Empire congressional delegation to add more

graduate medical education slots at Veterans Affairs hospitals to

benefit UCR’s new School of Medicine and she has secured funding

for a multi-million-dollar biosafety-level 3 facility for citrus research.

Prior to UCR, Kaitlin represented numerous institutions of higher education, scientific societies, and

scientific user facilities in Washington, D.C., at Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC, a full-service lobbying

and consulting firm, and at the American Geophysical Union, a scientific society representing the

Earth and space physical sciences. During this period, she convinced Congress to establish funding

for a West Coast earthquake-early warning system and to re-start production of Plutonium-238 in

order to provide much-needed fuel for NASA’s planetary science missions. Kaitlin’s experience

representing a variety of organizations across the scientific and academic landscape have provided

her with a strong network and a diverse understanding across the federal scientific enterprise.

Kaitlin graduated cum laude with a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from Randolph-Macon

Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and she holds an M.S. in Environmental Sciences and

Policy from Johns Hopkins University. She and her fiancé live in a historic craftsman bungalow in

downtown Riverside and they enjoy house projects, hiking, and occasionally riding horses. Kaitlin is

originally from Solana Beach, California.

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MAYE CHRISMAN

Vice Dean, Administration and Finance

UC San Francisco

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Maye Chrisman is vice dean for administration and finance for the

School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco

(UCSF). Reporting to the Dean, Maye directs the financial,

administrative and clinical business affairs of the School, which

comprises 28 departments, eight organized research units, and five

interdisciplinary research centers. She oversees the School’s business operations, personnel

management and strategic planning with an annual operating budget of approximately $2.1 billion.

From 2003 to 2015, Maye served as chief financial officer, and later, associate chair for finance and

administration, for the UCSF Department of Medicine. During this time, the Department consistently

ranked in the top three for NIH funding and saw its annual operating budget grow from $170 million

to $450 million. Maye received the Chancellor Award for Exceptional University Service in 2014.

Prior to joining UCSF, Chrisman was vice president of operations at Project ACHIEVE in San

Francisco and worked in corporate and strategy consulting positions in Taiwan and Boston, including

four years at LEK Consulting. She earned an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the

University of Pennsylvania and graduated magna cum laude with an AB in economics from Harvard

College.

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ERIC EBERHARDT

Director of Energy Services

Energy and Sustainability Unit

UC Office of the President

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Eric Eberhardt is the Director of Energy Services in the Energy and

Sustainability Unit at the UC Office of the President. His

responsibilities include energy efficiency program administration, utility

liaison, energy data management, and articulating the University of California’s position on energy

related regulatory and legislative activities.

Mr. Eberhardt has worked in a variety of engineering, business development, and management

positions in the energy and technology industries, including engineering product design for Sun

Microsystems and energy efficiency program design and implementation for Quantum Energy

Services and Technologies. Most recently Mr. Eberhardt worked with Pacific Gas and Electric

Company as a Strategic Account Manager for the Healthcare and Hospitality Segments on the

Corporate Accounts Team, and as a Principal Account Manager and Supervisor for California’s first

active Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) implementation.

Mr. Eberhardt holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and

a Certificate in Construction Management from the University of California Extension, Berkeley. He

holds two U.S. patents and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

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ELIDA ERICKSON

Sustainability Director

UC Santa Cruz

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Elida Erickson joined the University of California, Santa Cruz campus

in 2005, and the Sustainability Office in 2011. Over the years, she has

collaborated with the local community, students, faculty and staff to

support the goal of Zero Waste by 2020, as well as reduce campus

water usage by 25% in response to the California statewide drought in 2014-15. In her current role as

Sustainability Director, she is a strong advocate for student engagement and empowerment, and is

passionate about challenging the environmental movement to be more open to diverse cultural

interpretations of sustainability. Elida received her M.S. in Higher Education and Student Affairs

Administration from Indiana University in 2004.

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JAY FARRELL

Professor & Chair, Electrical and

Computer Engineering

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Jay A. Farrell earned B.S. degrees in physics and electrical

engineering from Iowa State University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees

in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. At Charles

Stark Draper Lab (1989-1994), he received the Engineering Vice

President's Best Technical Publication Award in 1990, and

Recognition Awards for Outstanding Performance and Achievement in

1991 and 1993.

He is a Professor and two time Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at

the University of California, Riverside. He has served the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) as

Finance Chair for three IEEE CDC`s (`95, `01, and `03), on the Board of Governors for two terms

(`03-`06, `12-`14), as Vice President Finance and Vice President of Technical Activities, as CSS

General Vice Chair of IEEE CDC-ECC 2011, as General Chair of IEEE CDC 2012, and as President

in 2014.

He was named a GNSS Leader to Watch for 2009-2010 by GPS World Magazine in May 2009 and a

winner of the Connected Vehicle Technology Challenge by the U.S. Department of Transportation`s

(DOT`s) Research and Innovative Technology Administration in July 2011. He is a Fellow of the

IEEE, a Fellow of AAAS, a Distinguished Member of IEEE CSS, and author of over 200 technical

publications. He is author of the book "Aided Navigation: GPS with High Rate Sensors" (McGraw-Hill

2008). He is also co-author of the books "The Global Positioning System and Inertial

Navigation" (McGraw-Hill, 1998) and "Adaptive Approximation Based Control: Unifying Neural, Fuzzy

and Traditional Adaptive Approximation Approaches" (John Wiley 2006).

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IAN FOSTER

Chief of Staff

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Ian Foster currently serves as the chief of staff for the office of

University Advancement at the University of California, Riverside. In

this role, Foster is responsible for assisting the vice chancellor of

university advancement with special projects requiring coordination

across unit departments including strategic communications,

development, alumni & constituent relations, event management and

protocol, and advancement services. Most recently, Foster managed

the development and production for UC Riverside’s public launch of its

first comprehensive campaign which consisted of a multi-departmental

budget, numerous launch events, campaign communications and various donor relations

components. Foster joined UCR as the assistant director of event management and protocol in 2012

and served in that position for two years before transitioning to the vice chancellor’s office.

Prior to joining UCR, Foster spent four years on staff at Ashford University as student events

manager and lead commencement coordinator. His career in higher education also includes seven

years at San Diego State University where he worked as an undergraduate and, upon graduation,

was offered a full time position within the office of Housing and Residential Life as conference

services assistant and interim communications/conference coordinator. Foster earned a bachelor’s

degree in liberal studies from San Diego State University and master of arts degree in organizational

management from Ashford University.

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JOHN FOX

Executive Director, Human Resources

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

John Fox has served as Executive Director of Human Resources for

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources since October 2015. John has

over twenty years of progressive leadership and human resources

experience with the University of California. He served as the

Executive Director for Human Resources for the Office of the

President from December 2010 to September 2015. Prior to that time,

John held a number of leadership and project management positions in University-wide Human

Resources, including Director of HR Policy, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Human Resources,

and trainer/writer in Benefits Communications. John holds a B.A. in English Literature from the

University of California, Berkeley.

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KARIE FRASCH

Director, Faculty Equity and Welfare

UC Berkeley

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Karie Frasch, Ph.D., is the Director of Faculty Equity & Welfare under

the Vice Provost for the Faculty at the University of California,

Berkeley. As Director since 2010, Frasch oversees recruitment for all

academic appointees, promotes inclusive hiring practices, proposes

and develops policies and programs to support faculty welfare, and

conducts research on faculty equity and career life issues. She also

serves on or co-chairs Berkeley campus-level and University of

California system-wide committees, workgroups, and governance and

advisory boards.

Prior to her current position, Dr. Frasch worked as a researcher at Berkeley on a series of nationally

recognized Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-funded projects, which analyzed the effects of family

formation on academic careers, created faculty career flexibility initiatives, evaluated the joint role of

the federal granting agencies and institutions of higher education on the academic pipeline, and

considered late-career and retirement issues among UC faculty. She is co-author of several

publications from these projects, including “Why Graduate Students Reject the Fast Track,” and

“Staying Competitive: Patching America’s Leaky Pipeline in the Sciences,” which led to new family

responsive policies at federal granting agencies, including the National Science Foundation. She

holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley, and a B.A. in Psychology from Mills College.

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ANTHONY FRISBEE

Police Lieutenant – Patrol

UC Irvine

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Anthony Frisbee has served as a public servant for the past 24 years,

with fifteen years within the Law Enforcement profession. He currently

serves as the A/Captain for the UC Irvine Police Department

responsible for overseeing the Operation Bureau, including Patrol

operations, the Field Training program, and the 9-1-1

Communications Dispatch Center on the UC Irvine Campus in the city

of Irvine and the UC Irvine Health Medical Center located in the City of Orange.

A/Captain Frisbee is active in several community policing endeavors, including participating on the

FBI T.A.R.G.E.T. Violence Prevention for Institutions of Higher Education team, UC Irvine & UC

Irvine Medical Center Consultation teams, UC Irvine’s Constructive Engagement team, UC Irvine’s

S.A.F.E.R. Student Housing Community Outreach task force, and liaison with Greek Life

organizations.

A/Captain Frisbee maintains memberships with the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals,

International Association of Chiefs of Police, and with the International Association of Healthcare

Safety and Security. He was awarded the Management Certificate from the California Peace Officer

Commission on Standards and Training (POST) and graduated from the Sherman Block Supervisor’s

Leadership Institute. A/Captain Frisbee holds a Bachelor Degree in Organizational Management

from Chapman University and a Master Degree in Criminology, Law, and Society from UC Irvine.

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DARREN HAVER

Director, South Coast Research and

Extension Center and UCCE Orange County

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Darren Haver currently serves as the Water Resources/Water Quality

Advisor and County Director for the University of California

Cooperative Extension in Orange County and Center Director of the South Coast Research and

Extension Center in Irvine. His research and extension efforts focus on protecting local water

resources and water quality through pollutant source identification and movement, identification and

implementation of pollutant mitigation management methods and practices, and reduced water

consumption in agricultural, urban, and natural environments. He earned his Bachelor of Science

degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. And his Ph.D. from the University of

California, Riverside.

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LEA HOWE

Senior Executive Finance Director, External Affairs Chief Financial Officer, UCLA Alumni Association

UC Los Angeles

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Lea Howe has served as the Senior Executive Finance Director for

External Affairs since February 2012. She took on the additional role

as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the UCLA Alumni Association

in September 2013. External Affairs consists of five departments:

Development, Alumni Affairs, University Communications and Public

Outreach, Government and Community Relations and Advancement

Services. As a member of the Advancement Services senior

leadership team, Lea oversees the operational areas of Fund

Management, Foundation Financial Services, Treasury Management, Finance and Business

Services and Alumni Finance. She is active in several campus-wide initiatives and serves on

POSSSE and the UCPath Advisory Committee. As part of Lea’s role as CFO, she sits on the Alumni

Association Board of Directors and staffs the Audit, Finance and Strategic Planning subcommittees.

Lea holds of Bachelor of Science degree in Sport, Health, Leisure and Physical Studies from the

University of Iowa. Prior to arriving at UCLA, Lea worked at Northwestern University’s Office of

Alumni Relations and Development for over 10 years. She held a number of positions within the

organization with the most recent being Senior Director of Operations, which provided oversight of

Budget Administration and Finance, Business Performance Measurement, Human Resources and

Training and Gift and Record Services.

Lea has served as a Director of the Board for the University Credit Union since March 2015. She

remains active in the community by donating her time to support the UCLA Volunteer Center and the

Los Angeles Food Bank.

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CAROL JUN

Senior Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Carol Jun is the Senior Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff for the Henry

Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine where she is responsible

for managing all resources and providing strategic leadership,

organizational management and oversight of new programs. As part of

the executive leadership for the school, she serves as the principal

advisor to the academic leadership on all administrative and operational matters while overseeing

areas in strategic planning, space, budget, staff development, and new initiatives. She has served in

this role since 2008.

Prior to joining the Samueli School of Engineering, Carol served as the Director of Finance, then

Chief Administrative Officer for the UCI Department of Education from 1999 to 2008. During that

time, she contributed to the leadership team that planned for and achieved school status in 2012.

Over the years, she has forged strong relationships at all organizational levels across the campus,

UC system and various communities. Her service roles include leadership positions in the national

Engineering Dean’s group comprised of administrative deans in the top 40 schools of engineering.

She established the first system-wide group of engineering assistant deans throughout the UC

system, taught in the UC Business Officers Institute and served as a coordinator for several

leadership training programs offered by UCOP. On campus, she helped establish the first external

advisory group for Education and served as chair of numerous campus organizations including the

Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Staff, the Leadership Academy Program, and the

Academic Senior Managers group. In the local community, Carol has held several volunteer positions

in support of local youth sports and currently serves as the president of the board for the Korean-

American Youth Foundation.

Carol has devoted most of her career to higher education, with 21 years at UC Irvine and four years

at Boston University. She holds dual degrees from UC San Diego and completed graduate

coursework at Boston University.

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PHILIP KASS

Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Equity

and Inclusion

UC Davis

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Philip Kass is the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Equity and

Inclusion in the Office of Academic Affairs at the University of

California, Davis. He holds DVM, MS (Statistics), and PhD

(Epidemiology) degrees, and holds appointments as Professor of

Analytic Epidemiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine and

School of Medicine. His responsibilities include research into determinants of rates of advancement,

oversight of faculty hiring and promoting effective practices with respect to enhancing diversity in the

tenure-track ranks, and annually performing analyses of faculty salaries across the university leading

to unique individual-level equity adjustments

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MARION KAVANAUGH-LYNCH

Director, California Breast Cancer

Research Program

UC Office of the President

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Dr. Kavanaugh-Lynch has served as Director of the California Breast

Cancer Research Program since 1995. In that role, she guides

California’s research investment designed to bring an end to breast cancer. She has managed the

awarding and monitoring of nearly $270 million in research funds. Her accomplishments include

championing the role of advocates in the research enterprise, developing a successful model for

funding community-based participatory research, developing rigorous evaluations of the Program

and developing research strategies to explore the role of environmental contaminants in breast

cancer, disparities in breast cancer, and prevention of the disease.

Dr. Kavanaugh-Lynch earned her B.A. at Bryn Mawr College, an M.D. and M.S. in pharmacology at

New York University and an M.P.H. in epidemiology at University of Washington. Her career includes

basic science research in developmental biology, clinical practice in internal medicine and medical

oncology, clinical research on bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of breast cancer, and

public health research in women's health, breast cancer, and community-based participatory

research.

Dr. Kavanaugh-Lynch has served on peer review and advisory panels for the National Institutes of

Health (National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National

Institute of Maternal and Child Health), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the

California Department of Public Health. Cal-EPA and others. She is the recipient of the Gay and

Lesbian Medical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the Susan Love Foundation’s

Excellence in Philanthropy Award, Zero Breast Cancer’s Community Research Award, a University of

California Innovation and Impact Award, and the National Cancer Survivorship Coalitions Catherine

Logan Award.

Dr. Kavanaugh-Lynch lives in El Cerrito with her wife of 22 years, her two teen-aged children and

several pets.

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2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

ERIC KVIGNE

Interim Associate Vice Chancellor

Safety Services

UC Davis

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Eric was born and raised in San Diego; Graduated Cal Poly, San Luis

Obispo and then went skiing for a winter in Park City, UT. His first ‘real

job’ was with an international third party claims administrator where he

learned the risk and insurance business. He stayed with that company

for sixteen years. During that time, Eric was afforded much growth

opportunity as well as exposure to various industries through our client Risk Managers.

Six years ago Eric was hired at UC Davis as the campus Risk Manager. Six months ago he was

asked to serve as the Interim AVC for Safety Services.

Eric loves what he does and the people he works with. Rarely does he have a boring day and most

weeks is learning something new.

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JOHN LOFTHUS

Associate Director, Alumni Affairs

UC Santa Barbara

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

John Lofthus has more than 13 years of alumni relations experience at

his alma mater of UC Santa Barbara. During his tenure at UCSB,

John has directed the UCSB Alumni Association's family camp,

launched a seasonal hotel, grown the university's alumni weekend into

a multi-day affair, built a new philanthropic giving society and is

currently leading the effort to transition the 51 year old organization

away from a paid membership model. Lofthus oversees all of the

revenue-generating areas of UCSB Alumni including the family camp program, membership,

business development, programs, career and fundraising. John is active in the Santa Barbara

community, serving on three non-profit boards. In his spare time John is an avid trail runner and has

completed numerous ultramarathons. He lives in Goleta with his wife and 5 year old daughter.

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RAY MISKELLEY

Executive Director, National Lab Business

& Contract Management

UC Office of the President

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Ray Miskelley is Executive Director for Business and Contract

Management for the Office of National Laboratories in the University

of California (UC) Office of the President. In this capacity, Ray works

with the three UC-affiliated national laboratories (Berkeley, Los

Alamos, Livermore) to facilitate the achievement of management, productivity and performance

excellence in financial management, human resources, procurement, prime contract, property

management, and other business-related functions.

Ray works closely with representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE), which sponsors the

research performed at the three Laboratories. Ray is also involved in developing aspects of, and

working with, the Limited Liability Company (LLC) governance structure to advance the missions of

the LLCs at the Livermore and Los Alamos Labs. For the Berkeley Lab, Ray serves as the UC

contracting officer for the DOE Prime Contract, the executive officer of the LBNL Contract Assurance

Council, and UC’s representative on a number of the laboratory’s oversight committees and working

groups.

Ray joined the University of California in 2012 after more than 20 years experience with DOE. Ray

was a member of the DOE Senior Executive Service (SES). He served in management and attorney

positions for DOE, working at a variety of locations including the Washington D.C. Headquarters, the

Oak Ridge national laboratory and weapons production plant, and the Portsmouth and Paducah

uranium enrichment plants. Ray has also served as senior counsel to the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA), and was a principal author of EPA’s multi-year strategic enforcement plan

targeting the energy extraction sector, with a focus on shale gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing.

Ray is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government’s Senior Executive Fellows Program, and

the University of Georgia. He is a member of the Georgia Bar.

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ELIZABETH MONDRAGON

Interim Senior Director Student Health

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

My name is Dr. Elizabeth Mondragon, but most people call me “Liz”. I

am a first generation college graduate and American. I am the eldest

daughter of four girls, born and raised in Southern California, from a

richly multiethnic family who identify primarily as Mexican and Irish Americans.

As a non-traditional student I received my B.S in Criminology and Psy.D. in Clinical-Community

Psychology from the University of La Verne in LaVerne, California. I have been licensed to practice

Psychology in the State of California since 2007.

I first began my tenure at University of California, Riverside, as a pre-doctoral intern in 2004. After

working at the Claremont Colleges Consortium, Monsour Psychological Services, I returned to UC

Riverside as a Staff Clinician in the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office in 2006.

My work as a clinician has been varied throughout my career. I am particularly fond of work with the

college age population and was very attracted to return to UCR to working with a diverse and

multiculturally complex community. As a first-generation college student, I have always had a

particular a passion for working in a campus setting with those who need support navigating the

system. My clinical work at UCR has been as a generalist and has largely been focused on the

diverse college campus community, with additional interest in treating those individuals coping with

trauma/sexual assault; first generation and non-traditional students; working to alleviate individuals

who are in crisis and/or suicidal; and working to process reactions to grief and loss.

In my time at UCR I have served in various roles within CAPS: including Outreach Coordinator;

Coordinator of the StressBusters Peer Educators; serving as both Interim and then permanently as

Assistant Director/Clinical Coordinator; and as interim and then permanently as Director of UCR

CAPS. For the past year, beginning in November of 2015, I have served as Interim Senior Director

of Student Health, Counseling and Case Management Services, overseeing these units through

tasks such as the implementation of new insurance, merging of administrative functions and shared

services, and expansion to a new department on campus. I am dedicated to supporting our campus

community and assisting students with mental and physical needs that allow for successful

graduation. Moreover, I hope that our students leave their time at UCR having acquired lifelong

skills that will enhance their physical and mental health throughout their lives.

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MEREDITH MURR

Director, Research Development

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Meredith Murr is Director of Research Development at UC Santa

Barbara, where she is responsible for advancing faculty research

by facilitating access to extramural funding – contracts, grants,

and awards. She has several years of industry experience at

pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and was a

Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National

Academies in Washington, DC.

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ROBERT NEUHARD

Executive Director, Operational Strategic

Initiative

UC San Diego

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Bob Neuhard is a business professional and licensed attorney who

has extensive global experience leading mission critical strategic

engagements across national and international organizations. He has

worked at UC San Diego for 11 years and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Office of

Operational Strategic Initiatives which is charged with identifying, responding to, leading, and

supporting unique initiatives and opportunities across campus on behalf of the Chancellor and the

Chief Financial Officer.

Bob started his UC San Diego career as the Director of Strategic Sourcing, forging the campus

strategy and leading highly successful campus and UC System initiatives. Professionally he has

served in senior leadership positions at Owens Corning, Fireman’s Fund, First Data, and Apollo

where he led strategic global negotiations with governments and corporations in support of new and

expanding business lines and was responsible for creating, leading, and transforming service and

operational areas at each entity.

He specializes in building consensus in highly dynamic situations by developing comprehensive

strategies and solutions to the most complicated and novel issues and opportunities. His focus is on

strategic leadership and alliances, high impact negotiations, and delivering transformational

outcomes.

Bob received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Environmental Studies from the

University of Florida. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver – Sturm College

of Law with emphases on technology law & aviation law, and he served as an Editor for the Denver

Journal of International Law and Policy and the Transportation Law Journal.

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BREANDA NORTHCUTT

Director of Communications

UC Davis

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

BreAnda Northcutt joined UC Davis in 2015 to lead communication

strategies for approximately 20 units within the Division of Finance,

Operations and Administration, which provide stewardship of

university resources. Prior to joining UC Davis, BreAnda was Senior

Vice President at Cater Communications where she led the firm’s

work on California’s clean energy policies, and helped expand the

firm’s state clean energy work in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

states.

Before joining Cater Communications, BreAnda was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to

head Communications and External Affairs at the California Environmental Protection Agency.

BreAnda spearheaded the Schwarzenegger Administration’s media campaign for California’s

landmark climate solutions law, served as media director for the California delegation to multiple

United Nations Climate Conferences, and managed communications for the world’s largest

subnational climate summit, working with more than 30 of the world’s leading Governors.

BreAnda has 15 years of experience, serving in a number of consulting roles in the public and

nonprofit sectors. BreAnda was a senior member of a campaign team who helped to elect Hawaii’s

first female governor in 2002. And she successfully managed emergency public relations for the

American Red Cross during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

BreAnda has a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Cal State Sacramento, and an

English degree from Simpson University. She lives in West Sacramento and is a foster-adopt mom to

four amazing kids ages five, four, two and one. She believes her greatest contribution is not

something she will do, but somebody she helps raise.

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ASMITA PATEL

Division Deputy, Operations Accelerator

Technology & Applied Physics Division

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Asmita Patel is the Division Deputy, Operations in Accelerator

Technology & Applied Physics Division at the Lawrence Berkeley

National Laboratory. She manages a multifunctional team that

provides the business and support functions — including finance, proposals, administrative

operations, and intramural and strategic communications — for complex R&D programs (http://

atap.lbl.gov) that are growing and seeking new customers and areas of endeavor.

Previously in her LBNL career, she served in a number of key organizational roles including:

facilitating strategic initiatives for the Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences; Next

Generation Light Source; and managing extensive proposal/grant efforts for the Life Sciences

Division. Her LBNL roles incorporate the major themes of her career: strategic planning, business

administration, and communications in a scientific environment.

Asmita earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from UC Riverside, conducted postdoctoral research at

UC Santa Barbara, and has an executive MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

Before coming to LBNL, she worked over 16 years in private-sector biotechnology, healthcare, and

diagnostics companies, with increasing responsibility culminating in positions as director of

marketing, and director of strategy and business development.

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ANDY PLUMLEY

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Housing

& Dining Services

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Andy Plumley is currently the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Auxiliary

Services within the organization of Business & Administrative Services

at the University of California, Riverside.

Andy came to the University of California, Riverside in 1977 as an undergraduate and never left. He

has worked in housing and dining almost his entire time at UCR, starting as a student dining worker

to his current position as Assistant Vice Chancellor, which he has held since Fall 2007. The

departments included in Auxiliary Services include: Housing Services, Dining & Hospitality Services,

Transportation & Parking Services, Early Childhood Services, Fleet Services, Card Services, Mail

Services, Logistics Services, Printing & Reprographics, and the Bookstore.

UCR currently houses over 7,000 residents on-campus, and has an enrollment of about 23,000

students. Housing Services consists of eleven housing communities (3 Residence Halls, 7 Campus

Apartment Complexes and 1 Family Housing Community.) The dining program provides both

residential and retail services to the entire campus through two large residential restaurant programs,

a central food court and other venues at the student union, the Barn dining and entertainment venue,

and various stores and emporiums. UCR is currently preparing for significant growth which will

increase enrollment to 30,000 students and adding up to 8,000 housing beds in the next ten years.

This doubling of housing is planned to be done through public private partnerships.

In addition to his work at UCR, Andy has been an active member of the Western Association of

College and University Housing Officers (WACUHO.) He has served on various committees,

including being on the Executive Committee for 5 years, serving as President in his final year. He

received the Charles L. Miller Leadership and Service Award in 2010. He has also been involved in

UCR’s Staff Assembly, serving as President in 2014/15, which included representing the Riverside

campus on the system-wide Council of UC Staff Assemblies.

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AHMAD RAHMANI

Director of Strategic Project Management

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Ahmad Rahmani is the Director of Strategic Project Management for

the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Planning and Budget. In this role,

his responsibilities include design and delivery of projects that hold

strategic value to the campus especially as it pertains to UCR Vision

2020. Currently, he is leading the Future State Operating Model

initiative that is geared to prepare the University to create administrative support capacity to meet its

growth goals.

Prior to joining UCR, Ahmad served in various leadership roles at Accenture - one of the world's

leading business and technology consulting firm. He successfully led development and execution of

strategic initiatives, architected technology strategy in support of business strategy and supported

resolution of critical issues to ensure success. He has extensive experience leading large

operations as well as several proof of concept in a variety of challenging environments including

nuclear power plant, Oil & Gas, Media & Entertainment, High Technology, Transportation, Education

and non-Profit.

Ahmad has also served as an adjunct faculty member at the California State Polytechnic University,

Pomona, where he was also responsible for designing and implementing the PeopleSoft OnCampus

program.

He also serves as the President of a local non-Profit K-8 school here in California as well as leads

strategy of several non-profit educational and healthcare organizations in India. On an average 57%

of graduates from one of this educational organization enters the prestigious Indian Institute of

Technology, whereas about 5000 cataract surgeries are performed on a yearly basis in the health

care facility.

Ahmad just had a baby boy after two darling daughters who are 5 and 3 years old and therefore has

his hands full these days.

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MARIE SCHULTZ

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Development

UC Riverside

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Marie Schultz is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Development

overseeing the unit-based development efforts. Marie has more than

18 years of higher education fundraising experience holding various

positions at UCR in advancement services, annual giving, unit and

regional frontline fundraising. Currently she leads a team of 10 unit-

based gift officers in developing robust fundraising programs that align

with the very ambitious goals and priorities of the University’s very first

comprehensive fundraising campaign. Marie is a UCR alumna holding

a B.S. in Environmental Science from UC Riverside College of Natural

and Agricultural Sciences and an MBA from the University of Redlands.

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BRENT SEIFERT

Assistant Dean for Academic Personnel

UC Davis

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Brent Seifert is the Assistant Dean for the Office of Academic

Personnel at the University of California Davis, School of Medicine in

Davis, CA. He is responsible for overseeing the academic

advancement process and human resource management strategies

which enables the School of Medicine to recruit, develop and retain

highly qualified academic scientists and clinicians. Mr. Seifert also serves as an advisor to leadership

on employment and labor relations matters and conflict resolution management.

Mr. Seifert has extensive experience in human resources and employment and labor law, both as a

practicing attorney and human resources professional in the public and private sector. He is an

accomplished speaker on best employment practices in healthcare and academic medicine.

Mr. Seifert served as the Chair of the University of California Davis Human Resources Advisory

Committee and as a member of both the Compensation Advisory Committee and the Committee on

Under-represented Groups in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Faculty Affairs for the UC Davis

School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2015 Vice Chancellor’s Staff Mentor Award at the UC Davis

School of Medicine. He is a member of the California Bar Association Labor and Employment

Section, the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Faculty Affairs, and Diversity and

Inclusion.

He earned is JD from John F. Kennedy University, School of Law and Bachelor’s Degree in Business

Administration and Human Resources Management from Indiana Institute of Technology. He is also

certified as a mediator and executive coach.

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JOHN STERRITT

Director of Environmental Health and Safety

UC Santa Barbara

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

John currently serves as the Director of EH&S, Risk and Emergency

Services for the University of California Santa Barbara. In addition, he

has instructed various courses in safety, environmental compliance

and risk management at the University of California of Los Angeles,

University of California San Diego and California State University

Dominguez Hills.

Prior to his current assignment, John served as the Director of the Los

Angeles Unified School Districts’ (LAUSD) Office of Environmental

Health and Safety; at that role he is responsible for the oversight and coordination of the District’s

occupational safety and health, new construction and design safety, industrial hygiene,

environmental compliance, sites assessment, hazardous and solid waste management and

emergency management functions.

Prior to LAUSD, he managed the Los Angeles County Risk Management Inspector General’s Office

and was responsible for the oversight of the County’s Liability Loss Control Program, Tort Liability

Corrective Action Process, and the County’s tort liability, vehicle and property claims effort. Prior to

the County of Los Angeles, he served as Senior Manager, Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs,

for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Long Beach, CA. In addition, he also served as the

Corporate Risk Manager/Manager of Environmental, Health and Safety for Con Agra Grocery

Products Company and the Corporate Manager for Worker and Fleet Safety Services at the Coca-

Cola Company.

He has completed his undergraduate education in Occupational Safety/Safety Engineering from

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania; he holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Hygiene from the

University of Southern California and a Master’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine

University.

His hobbies include spending time with his wife and three daughters, exercise, hiking and working on

his house.

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MELISSA SUMMERS, Ph.D.

Strategic Initiatives Manager

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Northern California Cohort Participant Biography

Melissa Summers, PhD is the Strategic Initiatives Manager for the

Energy Sciences Area at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The

Energy Sciences Area encompasses LBNL’s Chemical and Materials

Sciences research divisions, and the Molecular Foundry and

Advanced Light Source National User Facilities.

Prior to joining the Energy Sciences Area office, Melissa managed

LBNL’s Carbon Cycle 2.0 campaign, an initiative aimed at connecting

LBNL researchers working to understand and develop technologies

for a clean energy future. From 2007-2009, Melissa was a Science and Technology Fellow of the

American Association for the Advancement of Science at the National Science Foundation’s Office of

Legislative and Public Affairs, where she communicated the outcomes of NSF-funded research to

Congress and the public and led the publication of a comprehensive report on NSF’s climate change

research portfolio.

Her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University focused on understanding the photophysical

properties and dynamics of organic photovoltaic materials and devices. She has a PhD in chemistry

from UC Santa Barbara and a BA in chemistry from the Colorado College.

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DEBORAH SUNDAY

Assistant Dean

UC Irvine

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

My name is Deborah Stansbury Sunday, but everyone calls me Deb. I

began my UC career in 2007 as the Associate University Librarian for

Administrative Services in the UC Irvine Libraries. Since December of

2010 I’ve been the Assistant Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the

Arts. I have a bachelor’s degree and secondary teaching certificate

from Cal State University, Fullerton, and a master’s degree in

Information and Library Science from the University of Texas at

Austin.

After several years as a school teacher, I began my career in higher education and never looked

back. I was a student affairs officer at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington;

Diversity Librarian at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Founding Librarian at the University of

Washington’s Tacoma campus; and, Assistant Vice Provost for University Libraries at the University

of Connecticut.

Having been born and raised in Orange County, coming to work at UCI was coming home. It has

been the most challenging and rewarding work of my career.

My son Matthew is a small business owner in Connecticut who specializes in building electric

bicycles. He and I love sports and love to travel. In my spare time I write fiction and enjoy theater,

and twice each day, Irvine commuters will see me walking to or from the UCI campus immersed in a

good book.

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AMANDA JEANNE SWAIN

Executive Director, Humanities Commons

School of Humanities

UC Irvine

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

As executive director of the Humanities Commons, Amanda Jeanne

Swain is responsible for research development, managing

collaborative projects and coordinating community engagement in the

UC Irvine School of Humanities. She serves as the lead staff person and project manager for major

grant funded projects, including a five-year Mellon Foundation 5+2 Graduate Training grant, a five-

year Academy for Korean Studies grant, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Next

Generation PhD planning grant. She provides training and mentoring for faculty and graduate

students in developing research and grant proposals. She oversees faculty research support

services such as research clusters, research residencies and School-based centers. Amanda co-

leads Humanities Out There Public Fellows, an internship program for humanities PhD students,

along with coordinating School-wide graduate professional development programming.

Amanda has nearly twenty years’ experience in program management, including grants

management, exhibit development, and community partnerships. She served as executive director

for both the Arizona Humanities Council and Humanities Washington. Amanda holds a PhD in

History and a Master’s in International Studies from the University of Washington. She currently

serves as an executive officer for the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies and is active

in the American Historical Association’s career diversity initiative. Her scholarly research is focused

on youth culture in the Soviet Union in the 1960s-1970s and on the politics of history in post-

communist Europe. Recent publications include articles in Ab Imperio and Cahiers du Monde Russe.

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RAMEEN TALESH

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Dean of Student

Life & Leadership

UC Irvine

2017 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative

Southern California Cohort Participant Biography

Dr. Rameen Talesh is the Assistant Vice Chancellor Student Life &

Leadership and Dean of Students at the University of California-Irvine.

Throughout his career, Rameen has worked with various programs

and services including undergraduate housing, campus activities, clubs & organizations and cross-

cultural services. His 27 years of professional experience in student affairs administration has

covered both public and private institutions of various sizes including University of California

Riverside, California State University Northridge, and Occidental College. In Fall of 2014, he sailed

as Dean of Student Life on Semester at Sea.

Rameen received his Doctorate degree in Higher Education Administration from the University of

Southern California where he teaches graduate courses in the Rossier School of Education as an

adjunct Associate Professor. He earned his Masters in Public Administration from California State

University Northridge, and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of

California-Irvine.

Rameen has served UCI in a variety of roles. He believes that the experiences in the classroom are

enhanced by the experiences outside the classroom. At UCI, he is affectionately known as the

“Fistbump Dean”. He still enjoys playing intramural basketball with the students, doing yoga and has

been known to sing from time to time.

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FRANK THOMSON

Director, Legislative Analysis

UC Office of the President

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Frank Thomson has been a director in IMPAC since February 2009.

Frank has worked at UCOP since 2005, and in his prior position at

UCOP focused on legislative analysis in Academic Affairs' Educational

Relations department.

Before coming to UC, Frank worked for five years as an international

trade analyst at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington,

DC. He has a B.S. in International Business from Georgetown University and a master's degree in

Public Affairs from the University of Texas-Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs.

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PHIL WANG

Senior Associate Athletic Director

UC Irvine

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I am currently in my 11th year at UC Irvine. My current title is Senior

Associate Athletics Director for Business Affairs. My responsibilities

include being part of the senior management team in the Department

of Intercollegiate Athletics while also overseeing the Corporate

Partnerships, Marketing, Media Relations and Ticketing operations of

the Department. I am also the Department’s liaison for Information

Technology (IT) and work with the campus Office of Information

Technology (OIT).

Previously, I was the Associate Athletics Director for Business and Finance in the Athletics

Department. In this capacity, I was responsible for the day to day accounting functions and business

operations of the Department while overseeing the Department’s Business Office and managing the

Department’s overall budget.

Prior to coming to UC Irvine, I worked at UCLA for 12 years. I was the Director of Finance in the

UCLA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, managing all of the Department’s finances. Prior to

that appointment, I was the Assistant Fiscal Control Officer in the UCLA Central Ticket Office (CTO).

I am a 1991 graduate of UCLA with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Applied Mathematics.

Upon graduation, I was offered the job in the CTO so I have been a UC employee since I was a

student at UCLA.

Originally from Cerritos, CA I now reside in the City of Irvine with my wife of 11 years, Anita whom I

met at UCLA. We have a daughter, Emily, who is 8 years old. Anita is an elementary school teacher

in the City of Irvine and has two Masters Degrees in Education. I am also a Reserve Deputy with the

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. I currently assist the Department in their Special Victims

Bureau (SVB) and manage five Reserve Detectives. Prior to this assignment, I was assigned to the

Carson Sheriff’s Station with patrol duties.

As a former baseball player, I have always valued sports and being able to help current student-

athletes with the rigors of college to prepare them to be the future leaders in our society is extremely

rewarding. I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the UC system (it’s been part of my entire adult

life) and look forward to the opportunity to continue to further its mission.